Battle of the River Plate

About this game

Three Royal Navy cruisers encounter the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the eastern coast of South America, December 13, 1939. "Battle of the River Plate" is a realistic tactical wargame of WW2 ship vs. ship naval combat for two players. A Minden Games revised zip-lock edition of the Graf Spee wargame which appeared in Panzerschreck magazine #13. Provides new ship ratings, and introduces new rules and modifications congruent with the Battleship Captain standard game system. Battleship Captain is a "miniatures" game system with scenarios played on the tabletop or floor, using the rules and ship counters provided. The game emphasizes playability, as players maneuver their ships and try and defeat the enemy fleet. Historical scenarios range in size from small (such as River Plate and Denmark Strait), which have only four or five ships to large (such as Tsushima and Jutland), which involve dozens of ships. The game also requires tape measure or ruler in inches, paper and pencil, and a six-sided die. --from the published game and the Minden Games web site

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